It’s also one of the more likely spots to encounter leopard sharks or even a whale shark! This all attracts a huge variety of fish life from frogfish, ornate ghost pipefish, seahorses and nudibranchs to lionfish, batfish, huge moray eels and schools of pelagics such as barracudas and trevallies. There are big barrel sponges, gorgonian sea fans and bright red anemones. The topography itself makes it well worth a visit and so does the huge variety of marine life. Only a 10 minute boat ride away from the resort lies a range of submerged pinnacles formed by impressive granite stone formations rising up from the seabed, the topography of the dive site itself makes it well worth a visit. This site has something for everyone – the top of the pinnacles are covered in brilliantly coloured soft corals, while deeper down a white variation lives on the granite rocks. One of our favourites and right on the doorstep. Highlights: gorgonian sea fans, bubble coral, demon stingers, mantis shrimp, Octopus Stonehenge – Mild to Strong Currents with 5m – 25m Depth Octopus and moray eels hide in the rocks and many fish including boxfish, pufferfish, surgeonfish and schools of fusiliers are found here.įor an interesting slower dive, explore the reefs bottom edge for exceptionally well camouflaged demon stingers, flying gurnards, mantis shrimp, and stick pipefish.
The reef runs south from Koh Kla and becomes a steep rocky slope behind Koh Usen, on the islands south side huge boulder corals rise up into the shallows.Īlong the reef are several huge gorgonian sea fans, barrel corals and abundant bubble coral. Koh Usen is a small island just off the southern end of Koh Lipe’s sunrise beach. Just minutes from the resort this site is great for a fast drift dive or a slower search for well hidden suprises. Koh Usen – Mild to Very Strong Currents 5m – 25m Depth For the best chance try to visit 8 mile rock, Stonehenge or Koh Pung. Sightings of the big guys are not predictable but more likely on sites around the edge of the marine park, nearer the deeper waters. We have several sites, mainly granite pinnacles, on which soft corals thrive in abundance, in many different colours.īig Stuff: Every year we see numerous sharks, whale sharks and manta rays. Soft Corals: The highlight of the diving here is the soft coral and macro life. We can always find somewhere good to dive but the widest selection of dive sites is available twice a month, following the half moon. Below are just a few examples as to what’s on offer.Ĭurrents: The currents here are predominantly tidal which means certain times of the month we experience strong currents and at other times none at all. Tarutao National Park is one of Asia’s oldest marine parks thus the reefs and the islands surrounding Koh Lipe are in very good condition, nowhere else on the southeast Asian peninsula will you find so many excellent dive sites so easily reached. Koh Lipe is surrounded by over 30 islands and hundreds of reefs all within easy reach of our Dive centre.
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